The engineering complexity of future vehicles provides new challenges to the extraction, production, processing and recycling of materials. In relation, the automotive sector as a whole is one of Europe's key pillars of economic and scientific activity, and will be directly impacted by any new vehicle construction and propulsion trends. The S_LIFE Vision is assessing the challenges to maintain an efficient and sustainable use of materials along the life cycle.
The vision document can be summarised into three main parts: